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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 G STALEY PAPER BAG HOLDER.

Patented-Aug. 8, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE STALEY, OF VERSAILLES, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 7CHARLES H. MASON, OF SAME PLACE. 1

PAPER-{BAG OL ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,783, dated August8, 1893.

Application filed March 3, 1893- T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, GEORGE STALEY, a citi-' in point ofsimplicity,'durabilit'y, and gen eral efficiency.

With these ends in view, the invention con sists in the constructionand'arrangement of the parts thereof as will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag holderembodying the invention and showing bags in proper position therein.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe rear bottom part of the device, broken away or detached from themain structure, the pivoted angle plates being swung around forreleasing the keeper. Fig. 4 is an end elevation, showing the attachmentof the cord-holder. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of thecordholder and the retaining clasp disconnected. Fig. 6 is a rearelevation of the lower part of the frame and the rods, showing springsapplied to said rods to produce the necessary tension thereon. Fig. 7 isa detail perspective View of a portion of the keeper, looking toward theinner side thereof.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the main bodyorframe, that is tapered toward one end to thereby provide a greaterwidth at one end of the device than at the other for the purpose ofgradually increasing the support of the bags proportionately to theincrease oftheir dimensions, and having at the bottom a box or trough 2,with a front straight wall or strip 3 and a rear wall or strip 4, thatis arranged at an angleto the front wall or strip 3 and that isof lessheight verticallythan the strip 3, and with the two Serial No. 464,483.(No mode ends 5 and 6 that rise vertically to some distance above thesaid box or trough a partial inclosure is formed for presenting the endsof the bags to view and convenient engagement. Secured to the front wall3, and disposed vertically, are a series of partitions 7, that vary inlength and project partially across the box or trough, the length of thesaid partitions gradually increasing toward the wider end of .said boxor trough and forming means for holding thevarious sized bags apart fromeach other and at the same time producinga support for the sameproportionate to their size.

At the inner opposing upper parts of the ends 5 and 6 are secured theopposite ends of a pair of parallel strips or rails 8, that are spacedapart, and to ther'earmost of which is attached a securing bar or strip9, for the purpose of connecting the device to a suitable support, itbeing seen that the opposite ends of the said bar 9 project beyond thesaid ends 5 and 6.

The rear wall 4 of the box or trough heretofore referred to has a lowerangular flange 10, that is secured to a rearward extension of said boxor trough, and in rear of'the' said wall 4 is located a keeper 11, thatis hinged, as at 12, adjacent to the termination of the wall 4 where thelatter connects with the end 6, whereby the said keeper may be movedoutward away from and toward the said wall 4, and when moved inwardtoward the said wall 4, in substantially parallel position therewith, itis locked in said position by a vertically-sliding catch 13, secured tothe end 5, and arranged to engage a loop 14 on the free end of thekeeper. This serves as one means for holding the keeper in its removableadjusted position, but to insure against its Between the rails 8, attheir upper ends,

and the rear wall 4 of the box or trough and the said keeper 11, attheirlower ends are mounted vertical rods 16 and 17, that are arranged inpairs closely to each other, and each rod 17 is secured at its upper endand is immovable; but the rods 16 are freely movable to and from therods 17 and extend above the rails 8 at their upper ends in order thatthey may be engaged for the purpose of spreading them apart from thestationary rods 17. The bags are held between these pairs of rods withsufficient friction or tension to prevent a loose arrangement of thesame, but the rods 16 yield snfiiciently to permit a single bag to bedrawn from any one of the bundles held by the holder without looseningthe remaining bags of the bundle or offering any great resistance to itswithdrawal. The upperand lower ends of the rods 16 and 17 are surroundedby elastic bands 18, extending from one pair to the other successivelyand forming a spring-tension that will tend to retract each of the rods16 to its normal position against the adjacent rod 17. In Fig. 6 thisconstruction is slightly modified and coiled springs are shown attachedto the wall 4, as at 19, and surrounding the rods at the lower ends, itbeing understood that the construction at the upper end will be similar,and by means of this modified form of construction, together with theelastic bands set forth, it will be seen that a variety of ways ofproducing this tension on the rods 16 could be devised without departingfrom the spirit of the invention. The lower end of the keeper 11 has aninturned flange 20, that passes under the lower ends of the rods 16 and17 when it is closed, and above the said flange 20 is a second flange 21having slots 01' notches 22 therein that are adapted to hold the lowerends of said rods against too free movement, and thereby making thegreatest yield or spread of the rod 16 away from its rod 17 at the upperpart of the same and tending to hold the bags down in place against atoo free vertical movement.

The cord-holder or receptacle consists of a cylindrical body 24, havinga feed-opening 25 in one side thereof, the one end of said body beingclosed and the opposite end open, and secured to the rim of said openend is an arm 26, that is pivotally connected to the upper part of theend 5, thereby bringing said open end of the cord-holder against thesaid end 5 and closing the same when the device is arranged as shown inFig. 1. To replenish the holder with cord or twine it is swung to oneside, when said operation can be readily acto permit the open end of theholder to entirely clear itself of the end 5 of the bag holder. To holdthe cord-holder in stationary position against the end 5, a clasp 27 isprovided whose ends are bent, as at 28, to form hooks and to fit overthe opposite edges of the said end 5, and intermediate of the ends ofsaid clasp is an oifset bridge or arch 29, that is positioned over thearm 26 of the cord-holder. By properly applying this clasp and pushingit downwardly on the tapering wedge-shaped end 5 in the direction of thecord-holder, the latter is prevented from moving.

The bag-holder is intended to be fastened to and hang from the loweredge of the inside part of the counter, thus avoiding taking upcounter-room and being to a great extent out of the way of fiies, and inits construction it may be made either of wood or metal as found bestadapted for the purpose and in accordance with the facility ofmanufacturing the same.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this 1nvention.

Having described the invention, what 1s claimed as new is 1. In a bagholder, the combination of a main body or frame, provided with a seriesof partitions to form bag compartments a serles of vertically-disposedrods at the entrances of the compartments, one of each of said rodsbeing yieldingly mounted, and means for securing the rods substantiallyas described.

2. In a bag holder, the combination of a main body or frame having atrough or box at the lower part thereof with a series of partitionstherein, and vertically-disposed rods at the back of said body or frame,one of said rods of each pair being yieldingly mounted, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a bag holder, the combination of a main body or frame, upperstrips or rails arranged parallel, a lower vertical wall, a keeper inrear of said wall hinged at one end, and pairs of vertical y-disposedrods adjacently arranged in pairs and having their ends between the saidstrips or rails and the said wall and keeper, one of each pair of saidrods being yieldingly mounted, substantially as described.

4.. In a bag holder, the combination of a main body or frame having abox or trough wider at one end than at the other, and a front wallhigher than the rear wall, a series of partitions in said box or troughgradually increasing in length toward the wider end of the latter, aseries of vertically-disposed rods arranged in pairs, one of each pairof said rods being yieldingly mounted, and means for holding said rodsin position, substantially as described. complished, the arm 26 beingsufficiently long 5. In a bag holder, the combination of a main body orframe having a box or trough formed in the bottom thereof with a rearwall of less height than the front wall, said box or trough being widerat one end than at the other, ends projecting above the said box ortrough, strips or rails connected to the inner opposing parts of thesaid ends, a series of vertically-disposed rods arranged in pairs,

one of each pair being yieldingly mounted, a keeper to close against thelower ends of said rods, and pivotally-mounted angle plates in rear ofsaid keeper to hold the latter in position when closed, substantially asdescribed.

6. The combination with a bag holder having a tapering wedge shaped end,of a cord receptacle provided with an arm extended upward from thereceptacle and pivoted to the tapering end, said receptacle having itsside or end adjacent to the end of the bag holder open and adapted to beclosed by the bag holder when in position, and a clasp provided at itsends with hooks to engage the tapering GEORGE STALEY.

Witnesses R. M. Ross, J. S. MGNAIR.

